Monday 22nd September 2014
12:00 - 13:30 Registration
[Conference Office, Room S 15, first floor]
13:30 - 13:45 Welcome
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz
Director of the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.),
University of Cologne, Germany
13:45 - 14:00 Welcome statement from the University of Cologne
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
Prof. Dr. Werner Mellis
Dean of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany
14:00 - 14:30 Opening Speech
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
Mr. Shyamal Majumdar
Head of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, Bonn, Germany
14:30 - 15:15 Keynote Speech I
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
"From Craftmanship to 3-D Printing: Is Vocational Education and Training Research Keeping Pace with Change?"
Prof. Dr. Lorna Unwin
University of London, Institute of Education, UK
15:15 - 16:00 Keynote Speech II
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
"How and Why Do Firms Participate in Vocational Education?"
Prof. Dr. Robert Lerman
American University, Department of Economics and Urban Institute, Washington DC and IZA, Bonn,
USA and Germany
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
[Ground floor]
16:30 - 18:30 Session I
[Plenary hall, ground floor]
Dr. Antje Barabasch | The Role of Learning in Labour Market Transitions of Low-Skilled Adults |
Dr. Madhu Singh | Role of NQFs for Strengthening Alternative Pathways for Youth in Transition: Evidence from UIL Survey of 33 Country Examples of NQFs |
Marthe Geiben and Dr. Philipp Grollmann |
Induction of Job Entrants in Car Service at Midlevel Qualified Occupations in Germany, Spain, the UK and Korea |
Moderated by Prof. Dr. Matthias Pilz
20:00 Dinner at an original Cologne brewery “Bierhaus en dr Salzgass” (http://www.bierhaus-salzgass.de,
Salzgasse 5-7, 50667 Cologne, Tram stop “Heumarkt”
? Please see the directions and the map in your conference folder)
(Pre-registration to the dinner was required.)